Tibet Oral History Project: Interview with Kalsang Dolma (alias) on 4/14/2010
The interpreter's English translation provided during this interview is potentially incomplete and/or inaccurate. If you are not fluent in Tibetan, please refer to the interview transcript for the complete and correct English translation. Read the interview transcript in English at tibetoralhistory.org/Interview...
** This interview about life in Tibet was conducted by the Tibet Oral History Project. This non-profit organization aims to preserve the history and culture of the Tibetan people by interviewing elderly Tibetan refugees about life in Tibet before and after the Chinese invasion. Learn more at www.TibetOralHistory.org.
** Interview Summary: Kalsang Dolma is the eldest of five siblings. Her father owned a horse-cart and earned a living by transporting wood from the forest of Dromo to the Chinese army camps. Later when her father was imprisoned, she carried on the work of her father. She recounts her experience during the Cultural Revolution. She describes how her parents were arrested in the middle of the night, imprisoned, tortured and labeled as "Dalai Clique." The different kinds of thamzing 'struggle session' inflicted on the prisoners are discussed in detail. Kalsang Dolma talks about the ordeal she and her mother went through to obtain food for the younger children and imprisoned father. The miserable life of her family and other Tibetans during this period and her desperate wish as a child to see a miracle of His Holiness the Dalai Lama appearing in the sky are some of her vivid descriptions. Kalsang Dolma is concerned about the environment of Tibet and talks about how the Chinese denuded the forests of Dromo and carted away centuries-old wood to China. She describes the serious impact it has had on the environment such as the melting of snow and rise in temperature.
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I thank a lot to the interviewer and the translator 🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏 But still then I strongly wish this interview was translated in details without leaving even a short sentence, bcuz everything she narrated are all so valuable to be translated, recorded and preserved 🙏🙏🙏
I strongly wish that this interview was translated without leaving even a short sentence, bcuz everything she narrated are all so valuable to be translated, recorded and preserved 🙏🙏🙏
Kalsang Dolma la thank you so much ur interview.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Very well translator ,Thank you. Thanks for very nice interviews. You will never find in school book.
@tsamlak
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You suffered so much hope you are in good place.
Such a tragedy story and the interviewer sounds so dramatic and no sympathy. And then what happened it seems...I literally cried a river listening to her, could visualize whatever she must have gone through in Tibet. I pray and hope you are living a good and peaceful life now in India. Respect for u are so so strong women. All love Achala 😍😍
Gyama means 500 gm, therefore, 15 gyama means 7.5 Kg, so people were given a card which allowed ot buy only 7.5 kg per month for the adults and half of it (3.250 gm) is allowed to buy for the children, which was never enough so people always starved.
Good luck kalsang dolma la 🌹💕🎂🎁💝🙏🙏🙏
@karmasonam3206
6 жыл бұрын
Kunsang S voatibet2018/5/30
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So sad 😞
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Young Barley is Jangpa, she is saying due cold climate condition , barley is not able ripe properly and they used to sell to trader which came from Bhutan,India and people inside Tibet cities Shikatse and Gyangtse. Even my Grandfather also undergone same Torture and accused the crime which we have never committed.
Shi via dam zin means peace Dakpo dam zin means anger beating
Jangpa is young barley / Any crop which is young or at nacent stage. Young crop are usually Green, sweet and animal love it. Animal usually prefer green over dried yellow grass.
@tohproject
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining that!
She said that she was 14 or 15 when CCP started to destroy everything and arrested her parents .
So sad 😞 acha la
Yes I saw all these in 1 book. They made shoes and slipper neckless to round the people s neck..
མྱོང་ཚོར་ལ་ཡིད་རང་ཞུ།
that's turth
It is the fault of Tibetan not fighting back and killing the invaders. Buddhism has made Tibetan a sitting duck.
@ogathingo8885
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If you research a little or just listen to the oral history of Mr. Kalsang Chime Womatsang , you will learn that Tibetans fought against the Chinese. Unfortunately the lack of the unity among Tibetans ( still today we are suffering from this disease) , poor or archaic weapons, few thousands Tibetan fighter against millions of well equipped modern Chinese military, only a miracle could have saved Tibet!!! Without 4 rivers and six ranches freedom fighters from Kham ( chu-shi-gangdruk), many thousands of Tibetans have died. So please inform yourself before you judge others…
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